Neoaves

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clade group of birds taxon

Neoaves is a vast clade of modern birds that includes the great majority of living avian species, excluding only a few basal lineages like ratites and waterfowl.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Neoaves core landbirds 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
group of birds ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
characteristic excludes basal lineages such as ratites and waterfowl ⓘ
includes most flying modern birds ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
contains Accipitriformes ⓘ
Apodiformes ⓘ
Bucerotiformes ⓘ
Caprimulgiformes ⓘ
Charadriiformes ⓘ
Ciconiiformes ⓘ
Coliiformes ⓘ
Columbiformes ⓘ
Coraciiformes ⓘ
Cuculiformes ⓘ
Mesitornithiformes ⓘ
surface form: Eurypygiformes

Falconiformes ⓘ
Gaviiformes ⓘ
Gruiformes ⓘ
Leptosomiformes ⓘ
Musophagiformes ⓘ
Opisthocomiformes ⓘ
Passeriformes ⓘ
Pelecaniformes ⓘ
Phaethontiformes ⓘ
Phoenicopteriformes ⓘ
Piciformes ⓘ
Podicipediformes ⓘ
Procellariiformes ⓘ
Psittaciformes ⓘ
Sphenisciformes ⓘ
Strigiformes ⓘ
Suliformes ⓘ
Trogoniformes ⓘ
etymology from Greek meaning "new birds" ⓘ
excludesTaxon Galloanserae ⓘ
Casuariiformes ⓘ
surface form: Palaeognathae
firstAppearance Late Cretaceous ⓘ
hasDiversity very high species richness ⓘ
includes most extant avian orders ⓘ
the vast majority of modern bird species ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
numberOfSpecies over 10,000 described species (approximate for modern birds, majority in Neoaves) ⓘ
parentTaxon Neornithes ⓘ
partOf Neornithes ⓘ
phylogeneticPosition derived clade within Neornithes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
subclass Neornithes ⓘ
subphylum Vertebrata ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ
temporalRange Cenozoic ⓘ
unrankedClade Ornithurae ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aves → hasSubgroup → Neoaves ⓘ
Aves → hasSubgroup → Neoaves ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neoaves core landbirds
Neognathae → includes → Neoaves ⓘ
Telluraves → isPartOf → Neoaves ⓘ
Galloanserae → sisterGroupOf → Neoaves ⓘ
Accipitriformes → superorder → Neoaves ⓘ
Telluraves → unrankedClade → Neoaves ⓘ